Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Overview
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.528 |
Directed By
Marvin J. Chomsky
Crew
Marvin J. Chomsky
Ernest Kinoy
Robert Guenette
David L. Wolper
Charles Fox
Jim Kilgore
Michael Gavaldon
Jim McElroy
David Saxon
Lynn Stalmaster
Edward Stephenson
Chuck Rutherford
Jack Martell
Gary Liddiard
Alfreda Joan Phillips
Elaina P. Schulman
Wendy Winter
TOP CAST
Helmut Berger
Wilfried Böse
Theodore Bikel
Yakov Shlomo
Linda Blair
Chana Vilnofsky
Kirk Douglas
Herschel Vilnofsky
Richard Dreyfuss
Colonel Yonatan 'Yonni' Netanyahu
Stefan Gierasch
General Mordecai Gur
David Groh
Benjamin Wise
Julius Harris
President Idi Amin
Helen Hayes
Etta Grossman-Wise
Anthony Hopkins
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
Burt Lancaster
Shimon Peres
Christian Marquand
Captain Dukas
Elizabeth Taylor
Edra Vilnofsky
Jessica Walter
Nomi Haroun
Harris Yulin
General Dan Shomron
Bibi Besch
German Woman
David Sheiner
Aaron Olav
Severn Darden
Moshe Meyer
Ben Hammer
Yaakobi
Anthony James
Gamal Fahmy
Victor Mohica
Jaif
Erica Yohn
Belgian Woman
Lilyan Chauvin
French Nun
Miriam Byrd-Nethery
Nun's Ward
Kristina Wayborn
Claudine
Austin Stoker
Dr. Ghota
Dimitri Logothetis
Young Soldier
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